October 2007

Can Crushing Cans (an Update)

by Luke

It appears as though hundreds of people have been coming to Blog About Beer in search of pictures of Luana De Faveri, the Aussie barmaid who was fined $1000 for crushing beer cans between her exposed breasts in a Western Australian pub (a story which, by now, has well permeated the internets). Thus, I saw it as [...]

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Baltimore’s Brewpubs Drying Up

by Luke

The city of Baltimore, Maryland was considered one of the up-and-coming beer Meccas in America, not too long ago, but that school of thought is quickly diminishing. Why? In the past few years, the five brewpubs once within the Baltimore city limits have dwindled to two, with one of the remaining pair seriously considering a move to the suburbs, where [...]

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Buy a Log Cabin, Get Free Dogfish Head

by Luke

It sounds easy enough… A press release from dogfish.com: Buy the log cabin pictured here, get lots of Dogfish for free! What do we mean by lots? How does this sound: 7 cases of rare Dogfish beer, Dogfish signage and miscellaneous swag, A selection of our handcrafted spirits (Blue Hen Vodka, Dogfish Jin and our Brown Honey Rum), [...]

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Bay Area Organic Beer (and Wine) Tasting Slated for October 26th

by Luke

What: CCOF’s 2nd Annual Organic Beer and Wine Tasting When: 4-8 p.m. Oct. 26. Where: Ferry Building, at Market Street and Embarcadero, S.F. How much: $15 for five tastes, $25 for 10 tastes. For more information: Visit http://www.ccof.org/ccoftasting.php or e-mail Julie Rockrow at Julie@ccof.org. According to an article in today’s Contra Costa Times, Wine and beer lovers [...]

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Powerful Breasts No Match for Long Arm of the Law

by Luke

While not entirely beer-related, this one was just too good to pass up: Showing patrons she could crush beer cans between her exposed breasts has cost a West Australian barmaid $1000. Luana De Faveri, 31, was fined $1000 in the Mandurah Magistrates Court today after pleading guilty to two breaches of Licence Conditions under the Liquor [...]

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Hump Day Genius Fix, Part 6

by Luke

You’ve probably noticed a recurring theme of sports running throughout the Hump Day Genius posts these last few weeks–due in no small part to my obsession with baseball–but what with today being the first day of the World Series, I just couldn’t break the trend this week. That being said, click below to listen to Mr. [...]

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